Music in India and how to differs from Irish

Hello, in this post I will be talking about instruments and music that is in India and how it differs from Irish music and instruments and some of its dances.


India has many instruments which you wouldn't find in Ireland. Some of these include the mandolin, this instrument comes from central India. This is a instrument has been adopted by many Irish bands in the west of Ireland such as the Bothy band Donal Lunny played it in the band. A instrument which can't be found in Ireland but can be found in India is a sitar, this instrument was invented around the 1800s in India.  Another difference from Ireland and Inida is while we look at film from Hollywood the Indian people look at films from Bollywood these films generally include a lot of traditional Indian dancing, which differs from Irish dancing in that they use there hands a lot when dancing while Irish dancing uses feet a lot.

pop music in India

In India pop music came about in the 1970s. Pop music in India isn't just mainly pop it is a  amalgamation of genres some of these being: folk and classical. Where as in Ireland pop music is mainly just music from America. India Rock has become very popular over the last couple of years with Stations like the BBC and the voice of America helping to bring western songs to India. Due to this and western pop stars collaborating with Indian pop star this created a new type of rock called raga rock. It is thanks to western music that Indian music has become more popular.

I have learned that there are differences / similarities between Irish music and Indian music and I have also thought you  a little background info on Indian music. Thank you for reading.